THE LEFTWICH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BULLETIN

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1 THE LEFTWICH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BULLETIN February LHA Reunion and Annual Meeting 2018 LHA Reunion and An Annual LHA REUNION and AGM in Williamsburg & Yorktown, Virginia October 12-14, 2018 Accommodations and activities at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Williamsburg, Va. Come early and/or stay later for the special LHA rates available Wednesday through Sunday nights, and add a visit to Williamsburg to your travel plans (not part of this year s LHA events). Friday, 12th Special speaker is Randolph Flood, the Founding Director and First Executive Director of the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Socialize as long as you want with your family and autograph your place on the family wall tree - take a picture with cousins in your line so we can post there. Saturday, 13th Visit Yorktown and tour the American Revolution Museum, social box lunch event, and an evening with American Revolution Reenactors. More information and registration forms will be coming be mail - watch for them! Reminder about genealogy info appeal from last year It would be appreciated if anyone with knowledge of Perry Clifford Leftwich from Indiana, old enough to be a captain in the USAAC in the years of , would provide this information to howard@metamoraimporting.com, with a copy to Aliza at alisa@stevelockefencing.co.nz.

2 Annual HERITAGE Publication is Coming Soon LHA BOARD MEMBERS CONTACT INFO Nancy Nation Jay President - nnjay@hotmail.com William (Bill) Leftwich 1st Vice-President - wsl521@swbell.net Sarah Shelton 2nd Vice-President - s_shelton@grandecom.com Jack White Recording Secretary - jbdubya@aol.com Chris Thurmon Treasurer - chris@metamoraimporting.com Mike Starr Change of Address and Membership Application, leftwich.org website - starr@leftwich.org Howard Thurmon Editor THE LEFTWICH HERITAGE Howard@metamoraimporting.com Elinor Hutchinson Associate Editor Margo Linder Communications Director - mlinder2252@gmail.com For Family Research Information - you will be directed to the volunteer in your family line for assistance. FIND LHA ONLINE Leftwich.org - This site is under gradual revision so that the HERITAGE article content will be searchable, and the site brighter and more interactive. Please bear with us during this time. NOTE: If you leave a comment, please also contact the LHA volunteer in your family line for quicker assistance. Line contact people will be published in the BULLETIN next month, and are usually found in the HERITAGE. Facebook Leftwich Historical Association and Leftwich Heritage Tour of England

3 TWO BOOKS FOR YOUR COLLECTION Greenstone - A History of Southern Bedford County Virginia By Rachel Parsons Flynn Bishop (1996) Reprinted by: The Le>wich Historical AssociaBon with permission from the author s family in pages 8 ½ x 11 so> bound indexed Greenstone encompasses a comprehensive collecbon of informabon about the communibes in Southern Bedford County along with a map of each community, idenbfying the early home places of the families who sevled there. InformaBon is included about country stores, churches, schools, post offices, deed transfers, and sales of property. Significant to the Le>wich family include informabon about Mt. Airy, the ancestral home of Col. Thomas Le>wich, and other communibes and families connected to the Le>wich family, including the Thurmons, Moormans, Saunders, and Goggins. The index gives mulbple references to the surname Le>wich, and includes military service for many of the Le>wich men. If you can trace your Le>wich ancestor to Bedford County, Greenstone makes a

4 Leftwich History Collectibles By Rachel Parsons Flynn Bishop (1993) Reprinted by: The Le>wich Historical AssociaBon with permission from the author s family in pages -8 ½ x 11 so> bound indexed Le8wich History Collec<bles includes a map of homes where the Le>wich family sevled in Bedford County. Throughout the book are numerous black and white photographs of the exterior, and interior of the homes such as Sunnyside, Walnut Hill, Boxwood, Mt. Airy and Lockwood along with furnishings, painbngs and significant architectural features in some of the homes. Photos of log cabins and houses built by the family mark the importance of the Le>wiches as one of the first families to sevle in Bedford County. Who was Rachel Parson Flynn Bishop ( ) researcher, historian and author of Greenstone and Le8wich History Collec<bles? Rachel, the 5 th great granddaughter of AugusBne Le>wich Sr., had a profound interest in researching and collecbng informabon about people and places relabng to history of Southern Bedford County. Most importantly, she shared her informabon through publicabons of books related to many of her family lines. The Le>wich family should be indebted to her for passing along valuable informabon that could have easily been lost or forgoven. The Le>wich Historical AssociaBon has these books available for purchase. Greenstone ($22.00) and Le8wich History Collec<bles ($14.00) and includes shipping. These are wonderful books to add to your Le>wich genealogy library and they give a great deal of insight to the early Le>wich family in Bedford County, VA. You may purchase by PayPal on or send a check to: Leftwich Historical Association, Christine Thurmon, LHA Treasurer 806 Carpenter Road, Loveland, OH 45140

5 Treasurer s Comment The response to the yearly dues notice has been gratifying. Thank you to all of you who have responded, and the many encouraging notes that came with your financial support. In addition to the dues, many of you have also been taking advantage of the books that touch on our Leftwich ancestry, and we hope you are enjoying your new found perspective on our history, both here and in England. Chris Thurmon chris@metamoraimporting.com Welcome Back To Sandra Shrader from Vista, California!

6 See you at the FUN AND FABULOUS REUNION

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